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National Child Day

Links for Children and Youth

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Child-Friendly Links

A cartoon series for younger students featuring CyberDodo, a universal ambassador of the Environment (season 1) and the Rights of the Child (season 2). In season 2 (40 episodes), the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has assigned CyberDodo the mission to inform and educate on the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. Topics include child trafficking, abuse, refugees, obesity, drugs, child abduction, famine, torture, and more.

A series of games, activities and guides to help students of all ages learn about the issues facing children and youth around the world. Topics include: international aid, charitable work, water and sanitation, HIV/AIDS, birth registration, and basic child rights.

Links to the full-text version of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 58 languages, as well as child-friendly versions in English, Farsi, German, Macedonian, Norwegian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Tetum, Turkmen and Welsh.

Provides information about UNICEF's priorities for helping children, as well as country overviews, real life stories and statistics on children from over 180 countries. Other resources include: support for teachers' professional development in child rights; web resources for teachers working with students on media projects; educational videos; and information on the education of girls around the world.

Links for Youth

A series of activities on children's rights aimed at helping secondary students to: understand the difference between rights and wants; research important aspects of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; appreciate important rights; and consider the rights issues that children in Australian immigration detention centres faced prior to policy change.

The Ignite Change Now! Global Youth Assembly is a biennial conference presented by the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights and in partnership with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. The four day program combines inspiring keynotes with experiential and active workshops and training with social activities. Past conference themes have included health and human rights.

Because I am a Girl is a global initiative founded by Plan International to promote girls' rights and address gender inequality worldwide. Under Stories and Features, the website offers infographics, quizzes and other resources.

Voices of Youth (VOY) was founded in 1995 as UNICEF's online place for young people to learn more about issues affecting their world. VOY was recently redesigned for a more modern youth audience and is now the go-to place where you can know more, learn more and do more about our world! You can share your thoughts and opinions with thousands of people from all over the world. You can also discuss social issues such as Education, Environment or Violence and Conflict and inform yourself about HIV/AIDS, Health or Human Rights.

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